The new movie Choke, adapted from the Chuck Palahniuk novel, is about a sex addict (Sam Rockwell) who, in one element of the plot, hooks up with other sex addicts who attend the same Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings as him. Ah, the irony. The same thing happened to Sam Malone on Cheers, if I’m not mistaken, which [...]

Boarding the flight to Las Vegas before a dramatic reunion with an ex-boyfriend who was most definitely trouble, I thought about how much of my love life I’ve based on what I’ve see on television and in movies.
I blame Hugh Grant’s character in Four Weddings and a Funeral for my obsession with British men. I [...]

The Brian de Palma film of Oliver Stone’s screenplay for Scarface (1983) is a landmark film of the 80s. Despite lacklustre reviews on opening, it became an enormous global hit and confirmed Al Pacino as a worldwide star.
The poster image for the film, a simplified graphic presentation of Pacino’s Tony Montana in black and white [...]

An avid moviegoer, Lindsay Bern takes in a flick at her local multiplex about twice a week. But Bern, the co-owner of a Los Angeles recording studio, has recently become irritated by what she sees as a disturbing trend on the big screen: the obliteration of New York City.
In particular, she has been annoyed by [...]

Anticipating the worst from Diane English’s new remake of The Womenis not just typical low expectations regarding remakes in general. My dread is specifically based on dissatisfaction with remakes and updates of films from the 1930s, arguably the best decade in cinema (it is certainly my favorite). While I may recognize and appreciate some favorable redos, such as [...]

Like many around Hollywood, I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time during the week trying to decide which actress would be best to play Sarah Palin in the story of her life. I know conventional wisdom says that Tina Fey is a lock for the part, but do you really think that the ” 30 Rock” [...]

Heath Ledger (pictured) was just votedthe summer’s best movie villain in a Moviefone poll, which immediately caught my attention, because I finally saw The Dark Knight last weekend and Ledger’s riveting performance was still fresh in my mind.
What took me so long to see it? (1) I refuse to camp out and wait for anything these days, and (2) [...]

“Los Angeles isn’t a real city,” people have said, “it just plays one on camera.” It was a clever line once upon a time, but all that has changed. Los Angeles is the most complicated community in America — make no mistake, it is a community — and over the last 25 years, it has [...]

With The Dark Knight now firmly set as the second largest grossing film of all-time with $489,179,000 I felt there was no time better than right now to take a look at the all-time greatest sequels in film history. Not an easy task and many factors must be considering when devising such a list.
(Rope of Silicon)